Danielle Arbid Quotes
Make films. And don't listen to anybody, except those who tell you "yes" and who are ready to help you.
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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Everybody likes a compliment.
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Stand-up comedians say that anyone in the audience can be funny, but people paid to see us because we're just a little bit funnier. In the same way, I think anybody can play music - in fact, I think everyone has music in them, but some of us can do it a little better.
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When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.
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Some people have been talking about - every place I go, they bring up the issue of foreign aid. I go, 'You can't get rid of all foreign aid.'
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Eventually there are going to be chips in brains. Imagine if you could just buy knowledge and download it into your head instead of having to learn it. Like in 'The Matrix.' Imagine all the years saved!
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We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II.
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If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.
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I love my country so much.
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The funny thing is, I really feel it if I don't run. I start getting sluggish, and I feel like I need to do it. That's how I know that the workouts are working - I miss them if I don't have them.
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President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident.
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If you exile a writer, however free the country he is sent to, there will always be a sense of internal constraint.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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It's my crusade to help women feel good about themselves.
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Make films. And don't listen to anybody, except those who tell you "yes" and who are ready to help you.
